# Troy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/troy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /tɹɔɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Troi, Troye |
| US babies named this | 218,982 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 216,308 / 2,674 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,930, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 20,276 |
| 2009 | 5 | 20,012 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13,366 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,392 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,869 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,463 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,926 |
| 2016 | 6 | 16,091 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,771 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,943 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,361 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,500 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13,364 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,470 |
| 2023 | 8 | 12,105 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,463 | 244 |
| 2012 | 1,393 | 259 |
| 2013 | 1,288 | 274 |
| 2014 | 1,327 | 276 |
| 2015 | 1,203 | 301 |
| 2016 | 1,106 | 316 |
| 2017 | 951 | 351 |
| 2018 | 912 | 364 |
| 2019 | 805 | 390 |
| 2020 | 718 | 415 |
| 2021 | 737 | 419 |
| 2022 | 650 | 475 |
| 2023 | 665 | 463 |
| 2024 | 562 | 530 |
| 2025 | 563 | 533 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 153 | 291 |
| 2012 | 148 | 309 |
| 2013 | 127 | 329 |
| 2014 | 162 | 285 |
| 2015 | 143 | 322 |
| 2016 | 98 | 428 |
| 2017 | 136 | 350 |
| 2018 | 84 | 481 |
| 2019 | 73 | 523 |
| 2020 | 71 | 529 |
| 2021 | 69 | 556 |
| 2022 | 52 | 665 |
| 2023 | 62 | 593 |
| 2024 | 48 | 729 |
| 2025 | 43 | 771 |

## People named Troy

- Troy Kotsur, American actor (born 1968)
- Troy Baker, American voice actor (born 1976)
- Troy Deeney, English association football player and manager (born 1988)
- Troy Donahue, American actor (1936-2001)
- Troy Garity, American actor
- Troy Aikman, American professional football player
- Troy Murphy, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Troy Gentile, American actor
- Troy Bayliss, Australian motorcycle racer
- Troy Kemp, Bahamian high jumper
- Troy Ruttman, American racing driver
- Troy McLawhorn, American guitarist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.